Playwright John Logan paints Chicago 'Red'

Produced by Eight Forty-Eight

September 15, 2011

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John Logan's play 'Red' opens on Saturday and runs through Oct. 23 at the Goodman Theatre.

John Logan made a name for himself as a screenwriter on big Hollywood films - Gladiator, Star Trek: Nemesis and the forthcoming James Bond. But he got his start writing plays here in Chicago. So, the American premiere of his play Red at the Goodman Theatre was a return to his writerly roots.

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The two-man play follows artist Mark Rothko and his young assistant as Rothko struggles over a huge commission that could seal or sully his career. Eight Forty-Eight's Alison Cuddy sat down with Logan last week, and of course, asked him to begin by talking about his own struggles as a student at Northwestern University.